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Seamazter 07-21-2010 01:14 PM

The Top Ten Longest Living Animals.
 
Something I was reading, thought id post for anyone who was interested..
The top ten longest living things.

10. Warty Oreo
140 years
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8...908e970b-500wi

9. Orange Roughy
149 years
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8...4b916970c-500w

8. Aldabra Giant Tortoise
152 years
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8...9800970b-500wi

7. Lake Sturgeon
152 years
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8...bcca970c-500wi


6. Shortraker Rockfish
157 years
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8...9bbf970b-500wi

5. Galapagos Tortoise
177 years
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8...9db5970b-500wi

4. Red Sea Urchin
200 years
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8...c2ac970c-500wi

3. Rougheye Rockfish
205 years
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8...c439970c-500wi

2. Bowhead Whale
211 years
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8...a2b0970b-500wi

1. Ocean Quahog
400 years
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8...a5f5970b-500wi

TheKid 07-21-2010 01:51 PM

THAT IS CRAZY, i wished id live that long:twised:

trilinearmipmap 07-21-2010 04:26 PM

I thought I recall reading in the Guiness book of World Records about 35 years ago that some variety of pine in the California mountains lived something like 6000 years but Wikipedia says more like 5000 years.

Seamazter 07-21-2010 04:27 PM

That would be a plant, but if you look at it that way, rocks are the oldest thing on the earth.

Aquattro 07-21-2010 04:32 PM

Plants are living things, rocks, not so much :)

Seamazter 07-21-2010 04:33 PM

So live rock is not alive rock.
heheh
ill change my title to include the word animals, to save confusion.

kien 07-21-2010 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 536552)
Plants are living things, rocks, not so much :)

Try telling that to my pet rock Johnny. I think he might be slightly offended.

muck 07-21-2010 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kien (Post 536562)
Try telling that to my pet rock Johnny. I think he might be slightly offended.

You got a pet rock too Kien?!? I should bring Sam over for a playdate sometime. :mrgreen:

Zoaelite 07-21-2010 05:48 PM

I think Danny from Wais comes 5th on the list with an impressive age of around 175 years old. He even looks like the turtle :lol:.

burgerchow 07-21-2010 06:56 PM

longevity
 
who really knows how long they live. Mankind has only been keeping records for only a couple hundred years. I've seen sturgeons caught over 7 feet long, almost 1500 lbs. They said that one was probably over 200 years old. I'm sure there are even bigger ones that have never been caught yet. ( older means wiser I guess) How long does a shark live? ( given ideal ecological conditions) Sharks are the only animal that doesn't get cancer, so theoretically, shouldn't die of old age.


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